📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

My new 'no spending/get myself organised' diary

Options
1353638404172

Comments

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,637 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    And me too :)
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • darn Crohn's is playing up a bit and it makes me shattered too. ..

    Are you taking your meds Milly. I know when I feel better I tend to stop taking the Sulphalazine (Salasopyrin sp?)..........but then have another flare up. So make sure you keep taking the tabs - even though you may feel OK.
    Big hugs. Try and get lots of rest.

    DFF
    xxxxx
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,349 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    and me :D:D
    Mortgage Total: £51,549 / £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1079
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,729 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Are you taking your meds Milly. I know when I feel better I tend to stop taking the Sulphalazine (Salasopyrin sp?)..........but then have another flare up. So make sure you keep taking the tabs - even though you may feel OK.
    Big hugs. Try and get lots of rest.

    DFF
    xxxxx

    Hmmmm....no I forget to take them too:o I have azathioprine which I do take, as well as Mesalazine - is that similar to Sulphalazine?They're the ones I really never take....and the ones that reduce inflammation i think, so I should be taking them;) (My mum would go mad if she knew how useless I can be at taking them!) And it's hard, if I get a day when I feel fine I start rushing about again - like yesterday. I felt great so did housework, went to town, cooked a roast, did the ironing etc - then felt knackered at work today:o

    Oh well....just have to live with it I guess:rolleyes: Off to bed soon, I love early nights:p
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,729 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Awwwwwww thank you all for showing your faces;) :D
    It's good to know you're all out there reading my booooring ramblings....;) It's very cold here tonight so to save having the heating on, I'm off to bed! Very MSE of me....;)
    NSD no. 1 for March for me...target of 18, we shall see eh:rotfl:
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • retrocircles
    retrocircles Posts: 746 Forumite
    18... WOW! Good luck, I'm sure you'll do well!
    Debt @ LBM 29/12/08 - £49044! Now £44684.
    Fat loss 29/85lbs // £100 into £10k £243.07/£10k
    HSBC Loan 9658 // HSBC CC 3484 // HSBC CC 1464 // DP's 779 // Car 0% 4851 // Halifax OD 1348 // HSBC OD 1.5k // HSBC OD 1k // Barclays OD 400 // IOMOM 4400 // S Loan 15k // Cap1 £800
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Eek!! I am going for 15 and only had my first one today so I'm now worrying that I won't hit the target :rotfl:
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,729 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well, I don't count groceries as a spend - you're the same FF I think? I account for £200 a month in groceriesso as long as I spend within that budget then I don't count it as a spend. So, I have had 3 NSDs so far as I only bought bread, milk and fruit yesterday, nothing at all today and only ebay parcels on mon (buyer already paid for them;) ).

    It's quite easy for me to have NSDs really - working in school means there's nothing to buy, I take my lunch in and coffee/tea is free. After school i just drive straight home!

    Had youngest DD's parent's eve today, she's nearly 10. Glowing report, she's fab, so keen and into everything she does, I'm very proud of her:D

    I've just fed them both, I'm not hungry so will have some toast later on. Rather annoying cramps coming and going so eating doesn't appeal much!

    I've finally done my personal statement for my UCAS form - at last:j I think it's ok - going to take it in to school tomorrow for the teacher I work with to read through. I've read it so many times now, I've had enough of it;)

    My Quidco money of £38 and £4 from Amzon hit my account today, so swiftly stuck that in my savings account. I owe £300 of my holiday in a couple of weeks and I aimed to make that money thro' ebay etc - I've already paid £500 into savings since Jan, so really pleased with that....only another £500 to pay of the whole holiday by May. Still got £38 in my bank and Tax Credits of £143 go in tomorrow so will be able to save some of that....all good:p

    Ok, off to have one last look at my personal statement:rotfl:
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I don't count groceries or Going Out as spend days as I have separate accounts for these and as long as I don't go over budget it's not a spend day. Got my first NSD today, so just about to pop onto the thread and declare it!
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,729 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Used £1300 from my Virgin 0% cheque to pay off some of the Lloyds loan - will update sig when I have the current balance figure from Lloyds and new amount I owe Virgin.

    NSD no.4 today - straight home from wrk, despite DD2 wanting a doughnut from the bakery - bit mean of me as I said she could have one yesterday for her fab parent's evening!! Tomorrow though, I will treat her - we're off school, joys of Inset days;)

    Off for dinner now, nothing else to report:D
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.2K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.7K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.2K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.3K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.6K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.